Good news has at last been delivered on the weather front with forecasters promising some respite from the atrocious weather of the summer so far.
After a week of unsettled weather it looks like the weekend will finally see some sunshine in the Westcountry.
Helen Waite, forecaster at the Exeter-based Met Office, said things would be warming up ... eventually.
"On Tuesday and Wednesday, it's likely to be wet with western areas seeing the worst of it," she said.
"Thursday may see some heavy and thundery showers."
However, she added that once that had cleared through there was "a good chance of seeing some brighter spells."
Friday and Saturday were looking brighter, she said, although there was a chance of rain spilling down from the North of England on Sunday.
"In general after that it looks like conditions are going to get a bit better with less of the heavy, persistent rain and more bright spells."
